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I have a 210 gallon tank that is being overrun by aiptasia. 75% of my live rock is covered with them and their beginning to harm my other corals and invertebrates. Is there anything I can do to kill them without harming the rest of the tank?

Feather dusters are taking over my tank. 210 gallon tank that is 18 months old. Brown feather dusters are now covering approximately 80% of my live rock. Is there anything I can do to control them?

Thanks for the help. I have put information in myinfo. The Elegance coral is on the sand bed. I was told it needed to be there. water quality; SP Grav. 1.0235 PH 8.2 Alk. 9-10 Ammonia 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate near 0 Calcium 400-425 I dose with Calcium and KH as needed to maintain levels. Also...

How do you put information into the "myinfo"?

I have a large 6-7 in. dia. elegance coral that is losing its tentacles. It has lost 60 to 70% over the last 2 or 3 days. Water quality is good. Lighting with MH and Actinic. Any suggestions?

I changed my actinic bulbs last month. I have not changed my MH bulbs yet.

I have a 210 gal reef tank that is a year old with a 3 to 4 inch sand bed. Everything seems healthy - rock - coal - fish - inverts however my sand bed has developed a brown/bronze top layer covering about 30% of the sand surface. Is this something I need to be concerned about? Should I try...

The tank is about 7 months old. I don't know if that's old enough for two blennys or not. The one remaining seems to be doing fine and I don't plan on replacing the dead one any time soon.

Thanks for the help. I will let you know if I locate or trap it.

Thanks for the feedback. I have lost a number of animals over the last several months. Losses include: 5 or 6 hermit crabs, 1 blenny, 2or3(not sure) snails, and one sand sifting star fish had two arms ripped off and died. All appeared to be at least partly eaten. Tank information: 210 gal...

I have heard several times a clicking sound coming from my tank. It's very noticable and it last for 2 to 5 clicks and then stops. Does anyone have an idea what would make this sound?

I have an aqua medic Turboflotor Skimmer that can handle up to 500 Gal. I'm using it on a 210 gal tank. The unit works well but I'm concerned that I may be over skimming if that's possible. Could I skimming all the nutrients and trace elements out of the water before they can be used by the...

I have a Lighting hood with 3-250w MH and 2-96w actinic Flour. bulbs. Two questions: How many hours of use before these type bulbs should be replaced? How high above the tank (210 Gallon 72x24x29in) should this hood be set? I currently have it sitting directly on the top of the tank and I don't...

My Alk test is a Red Sea multi- test kit that only gives me a color chart that has a low - normal - high color scale. If Alk is the potential problem I my need to get a different more accurate test. What's a good choice for ALk testing?

Thanks for the feedback. I do allow the water to drop during water changes with the lights on. I'll stop that practice. The lights are part of the the original set up. They would not be a source of light overdose but may be getting weaker. I recently changed salt supply from oceanic to instant...

I add trace elements weekly and have added some buffering over the last two weeks. I have not added Calcium as it has always measured fairly high at 480 - 500.

I have 250lbs of live rock in a 210 gal. tank. Its been in place 4 months and was doing fine until recently it began to lose all its color turning a milky off white color. Water chemistry test fine. The rock did the same thing when first put in the tank. It recovered over time and regained its...